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Associated Press Oct 15, 2024, 11:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning won their hurricane-delayed home opener over the Vancouver Canucks, but the impact of two recent major hurricanes overshadowed it. Debris, malfunctioning stoplights and power outages remain around the Tampa Bay area a week after Hurricane Milton devastated

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comOct 15, 2024, 12:00 PM ET Close Sean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. Open Extended Reactions If recent history tells us anything, the Edmonton Oilers are about to catch

Associated Press Oct 15, 2024, 01:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Professional Women’s Hockey League’s second season is opening on Saturday, Nov. 30, a month earlier than last year, and features an expanded schedule, the league announced Tuesday. Each of the league’s six teams will play 30 games, up from 24 in the inaugural

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterOct 15, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions The Buffalo Sabres were practically pronounced dead before the NHL season had officially begun. Buffalo went out of the gate early for the league’s latest Global Series showcase in Prague, Czechia. That

ESPN News Services Oct 14, 2024, 07:47 PM ET The Columbus Blue Jackets now have what they call a “Johnny skate” at the end of practice. It’s a shot someone takes from the far end of the ice toward the opposite goal. Make it, players skate one lap. Miss it, players skate three laps. That’s

Field Level Media Oct 14, 2024, 11:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Florida Panthers will be without forward Matthew Tkachuk for about a week due to illness, the team announced Monday. The team is targeting Oct. 22 as the return date for the 26-year-old veteran. Tkachuk, who did not play in Saturday’s loss to

Open Extended Reactions Hockey is the ultimate team sport, and just because a team has the greatest player in the world doesn’t guarantee it will win a championship. Of course, if a team has two of the top players in the world, it can come awfully close, as the Edmonton Oilers showed last season in

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 12, 2024, 11:26 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK CITY — Utah Hockey Club star Clayton Keller said his team showed it can measure up with Stanley Cup contenders after its 6-5 overtime win at the New York Rangers on Saturday night. But

Field Level Media Oct 12, 2024, 01:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov is expected to be sidelined two to three weeks with a lower-body injury, coach Paul Maurice announced Saturday. Barkov was injured while attempting to prevent an empty-net goal in the waning moments of Florida’s 3-1 loss to the

ESPN News Services Oct 12, 2024, 02:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NHL draft, has been placed on injured reserve and will miss at least the next two games. Celebrini was put on IR on Saturday, two days after he made history

Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 12:37 AM ET RALEIGH, N.C. — Victor Hedman and his Tampa Bay Lightning teammates spent the better part of a week in North Carolina keeping watch on what was going on back home as Hurricane Milton roared ashore. Now, with the storm past, along with their regular-season opener, they can

Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — The banged-up Colorado Avalanche will be without another forward in Jonathan Drouin due to an upper-body injury. Drouin’s expected to miss at least two games before his injury is reassessed. The 29-year-old left winger didn’t have a shot on goal in more

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterOct 11, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions SALT LAKE CITY — Screens are everywhere inside Delta Center. At one point a few of those screens, along with the rich voice of the building’s public address announcer, issue a message

Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 11:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Jeremy Swayman was the first player introduced before the Bruins’ home opener Thursday night, and he took the ice to a huge ovation. No hard feelings from the Boston fans over the contract holdout that kept him out of training camp until

Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 11:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Devils coach Sheldon Keefe faced a familiar foe Thursday night. Keefe squared off against his former team when the Devils opened their home schedule against the Toronto Maple Leafs. New Jersey came out on the short end of the

Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 08:56 PM ET Don Marshall, who won five straight Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens as part of a 19-year NHL career, has died. He was 92. Marshall was one of 12 players who skated on all five of Canadiens’ championship teams from 1956 to 1960. He had been the

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 10, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Coaching the Toronto Maple Leafs can change a person. Decades of playoff futility keep expectations excruciatingly unmet. The constant scrutiny from media and fans is enough to unnerve the confident and harden the affable. “I don’t

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterOct 9, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Maple Leafs starting goaltender Joseph Woll is battling lower-body tightness and will not be available when Toronto opens its regular season Wednesday in Montreal. Coach Craig Berube said Anthony Stolarz will get